Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE IV.—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 3rd April, 1869 (14 weeks).
Districts. | 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total | Remarks. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artillery | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 53 | |
Spitalfields | 32 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 105 | |
Mile E. N. Town | 33 | 23 | 10 | 41 | 44 | 46 | 10 | 207 | Workhouse |
Whitechapel, N. | 14 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 67 | |
Whitechapel Ch. | 12 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 52 | 23 | 1 | 178 | Hospital |
Goodman's Fields | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 57 | |
Aldgate | 14 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 54 | |
Totals | 132 | 120 | 56 | 116 | 159 | 121 | 17 | 721 |
TABLE V.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 3rd April, 1869 (14 weeks) .
Districts, | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | M | F | ||||||
Artillery | 31 | 36 | 67 | 34 | 19 | 53 | 14 | 0 | |
Spitalfields | 68 | 130 | 52 | 53 | 105 | 25 | 0 | ||
Mile End N. Town, | 75 | 157 | 85 | 207 | 0 | 50 | Workhouse. | ||
Whitechapel, N | 50. | .60 | 36 | 31 | 67 | 43 | 0 | ||
Whitechapl. Church | 41 | 38 | 79 | 120. | 58 | 178 | 0 | 99 | London Hospital. |
Goodman's Fields. | 44 | 47 | 91 | 31 | 57 | 34 | 0 | ||
Aldgate | 27 | 48 | 34 | 20 | 54 | 0 | 45 non-residents died in L, Hos. | ||
Totals | 330 | 352 | 682 | 424 | 297 | 721 | 116 | 155 | Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 45 non-residents 6 |
Estimated Population in 1869, 76,000. |